Steering wheel

US5178036A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• Kolbenschmidt Aktiengesellschaft · DE
• AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

• Hans-Gunther Haldenwanger · Ingolstadt, DE
• Herwig Reim · Buxheim, DE
• Klaus Bieber · Gaimersheim, DE
• Harmut Kersten · Ingolstadt, DE
• Klaus Grothe · Monheim, DE
• Martin Kreuzer · Kleinwallstadt, DE
• Peter Hartmann · Darmstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 27, 1991
• Grant date: Jan 12, 1993
• Expiry date: Sep 27, 2011

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/252
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The hub and spoked of a steering wheel consist of a synthetic thermoplastic resin and just as the rim are covered with a layer of a deformable plastic. To provide a steering wheel which is light in weight and has a high temperature stability, the hub and spokes consist of a polyamide which has been modified with elastomers and fibers.